Tissue-paper package



l Apnl 927 B. A. NIENHAUSER TISSUEPAPER PACKAGE Filed July 9, 1924 INVENTOR. Me auserr Bern A TTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 5, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERNARD A. NIENHAUSER, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO MINNESOTA WAX PAPER &; ENVELOPE 00., OF ST. PAUL,

TISSUE-PAPER PACKAGE.

7 SOTA.

Application fl led July 9,

My invention relates to means for holding a series of waxed tissue sheets in a package, which is neatly bound and held together so that individual tissue sheets can be removed as desired for use. Heretofore tissue waxed paper has been extensively used and put up in loose packages so that it can be sold to the customer ready for use in making lunches to wrap sandwiches and the like, and for other purposes. It has been found that these loosely held waxed sheets are very desirable for practical use and for thisreason I have designed a package which 1s of "a very simple nature and yet is effective to provide the necessary holding means to keep the tissue sheets flat and against being mutilated or soiled without wrinkling and so that individual sheets can be quickly and conveniently removed therefrom.

The invention" includes a cover which is adapted to be wrapped about and form a holding means for the tissue sheets, together with a cord for holding the cover in locked closed position to form a neat, tidy roll, which can be carried about conveniently or put away until it is. desired for use. The practical and convenient package has an appeal to those desiring to use tissue paper for lunches and the like, such as has long been wanted for conveniently holding the wax tissue papers, preventing the wasting of the same by reason of the sheets becoming'wrinkled and soiled before they are wanted for use.

It is also a feature of my invention to provide means for holding the cover in a manner so that the individual sheets can be removed quickly and without binding, by reason of an engaging flap or tongue. ThlS is very important when most of the package is used up and it is desired to remove a single waxed sheet. Naturally, these waxed sheets are of a thin consistency and could not bereadily removed if they were pinched tightly by one holding the end of the coverto which the waxed sheets are bound and attached, because the holding of the bound end must be sufficient to permit the Wax sheets to be torn out of their binding or holding means.

It is also a feature of the invention to provide binding means which will permit the individual wax sheets to be readily torn out of the binding without mutilating the sheet and, in fact,.permitting it to be dis- MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION OF MINNE- 1924. Serial No. 725,026.

engaged so freely that by a slight pull the sheet disengages itself and is free from the package. This leaves the remainder of the sheets held firmly within the cover binding, protected by the cover which extends along the body of the sheets and projects on either side of the same, so that when the package is rolled together the sheets are held flat at all times and smooth, so as to make up very attractive and readily accessible. The binding means is of such a nature as to cut through the bound end of the sheet freely. This permits the sheet to be easily and quickly removed and does not mutilate the same in being removed from the package. These features, together with other objects and advantages of my invention will be more fully and clearly set forth in the specification and claim.

In the drawings forming part of my inventlon,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my package rolled and sealed to protect the tissue sheets.

Figure 2 is a perspective view illustratng the use of my tissue protector in removing a waxed sheet.

Figure 3 is a detail of a portion of a different construction for binding the sheets.

Figure 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3, illustrating the holding means for the binder which is adapted to connect and hold the sheets bound within the same.

In the drawings my waxed paper package A is formed with a cover 10 which is adapted to extend on either side, to form projecting portions 11, of a series or pack of tissue waxed sheets 12, which are held beneath the depending edge 13 of the back portion 14 of my package A.

The back 14 is formed of comparatively heavy paper .or other suitable material, which may be of a textile nature if desired, and is adapted to form a cover and protective means for the sheets 12, which are very thin and waxed so as to be used for such purposes for which waxed tissue paper is desired.

The Waxed tissue sheets 12 are particularly adapted for luncheon use to be used in wrapping sandwiches for picnics and the like and a feature of my invention is to provide a package for holding a pack of individual tissue waxed sheets 12, together 12 near their upper edge 16 and hold the sheets firmly beneath the down turned edge the paper.

13 of the back 14. In using the staple means 15 for holding the sheets 12 to ether a very thin, fine staple is used which orms a small opening in the sheet near the top 15 to cut through the edge of the sheet freely, forming the slits 17 as the sheet 12 is removed, as illustrated in Figure 2. These slits are very slight in the edge of the sheet and do not interfere with the use of the waxed sheet. In fact, these slits are hardly noticeable when the sheet is removed.

To provide a suitable holding means which will not bind against the edges of the sheets 12 held beneath the fia or edge 13, I provide a tongue 18, which 1s died out of the flap or down turned edge 13 of the back 14 in a manner so as to form a substantial holding means which can be engaged as il-' lustrated in Figure 2 and held firmly while the sheets 12 are individually removed, thus the holding of the package A does not bind against the sheets and the resistance against the staples is so slight that the sheets 12 are readily removed without wrinkling or destroying the utility and neat appearance of Waxed sheets'held freely and unsecured make it very inconvenient to use the same or to put those sheets away which have not already been used, but with my package A the sheets are held together against separation and so that they will not become wrinkled or the utility of the same destroyed while individual sheets are being removed, thus' forming a very desirable package for holding waxed tissue sheets, particularly for picnicand sandwich use. This affords a very desirable picnic package which can be taken along on a camping trip, the sheets being held at all times neatly and tidily bound together, fiat and protected by the cover, which is locked closed, yet readily accessible for use at a moments notice, rather than having the sheets scattered about as ordinarily occurs when the packages are held unbound as has been done heretofore.

In Figures 3 and 4 I have illustrated a spring clamping means 20 which is formed with indented portions 21 adapted to engage in the opening 22 formed in the tissue sheets and the cover or backing 14. The opening I when they are held together and the 22 is punched through the sheets and cover 8 ring clamp 1s snapped over the down turned edlgle 13 to hold the sheets collectively withint e cover.

The illustration in Figure 4 is somewha enlarged to clearly illustrate the 'spring clamp, it being obvious that the back, together with the clamp and tissue waxed sheets are of a thin nature so as to firmly bind andhold the sheets in proper position. Obviously, the waxed sheets can be held in a suitable manner to'the back 14, but it is an essential feature to provide a cover for the sheets so that up to the last waxed sheet it will be held smooth and flat within the roll, readily removable when desired.

To lock the roll in closed position I provide a string locking means 23 associated with the paper button 24 in a manner so that one end of the string is held beneath the button and the free end of the string can be wrapped about the body of the cover 14 to bind the same, and then wound about the button 24, firmly locking the package A closed, thereby forming a very attractive and desirable package for waxed tissue sheets. This means of holding the tissue sheets is economy, because the package, right up to the last, can be used by reason of the fact that the sheets are held protected by the back and in a flat, smooth state against being injured or soiled, even though they are carried about and the package is handled considerable. The desirable nature of my package is apparent,owing to the many uses to which the waxed tissue sheets are put and the large demand for my waxed tissue package.

The drawings illustrate a particular form of holding Waxed tissue sheets, but I desire to have it understood that the drawings are only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

A package for individual sheets including a protecting back adapted to be rolled about said sheets, and having one edge turned over on said sheets, fastening means for holding together back, turned over edge and sheets, said turned over edge having a tab cut therefrom and connected to theback to rear of the fastening means whereby to provide a holding means.

BERNARD A. NIENHAUSER. 

